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A research platform for everyone
Welcome to the digital door to The John Carter Brown Library.
Exhibitions
Our exhibitions let you encounter items from the JCB through the expertise of scholars, curators, and other contributors. Read their comments on our items here.
1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History
This is the story of what else was happening that fateful year.
Learning to Sail, Living at Sea: Vernaculars of Transatlantic Knowledge
Boundaries of Enlightenment: Exploring Authority and Enquiry in Spanish America
1846: Inventing Americana at the John Carter Brown Library (2023)
Curated by Katy Telling and Karin Wulf
Highlighted projects
Projects are different types of aggregated materials, including research collections, collaborative efforts, and catalogs from past exhibits
Illustrating Knowledge of the Americas in European Print, 1590–1781
Student-Led Project, 2022-2024
